Home » articles » A new accommodation block at Stafford Barracks form part of a £100m contract – 5 May 2014

A new accommodation block at Stafford Barracks form part of a £100m contract – 5 May 2014

Posted by admin@africaanalytics Feb - 10 - 2015Comments Off on A new accommodation block at Stafford Barracks form part of a £100m contract – 5 May 2014

Premier Interlink (Waco UK Ltd) is a leading modular building manufacturer in the UK with over 55 years’ experience in off-site construction – a proven, high quality method of construction in the defence sector.

Working with Lend Lease, the integrated property and infrastructure group, Premier Interlink have been successful in securing a new project build for MOD base Beacon Barracks in Staffordshire which will house over 400 soldiers on their return home from Germany.

The 6 modular, steel framed, accommodation blocks, built off-site at Premier Interlink’s factory in East Yorkshire, will provide high quality living accommodation for single living, Junior Ranks.

Each of the 6 blocks will be 3 storeys high, constructed from 45 modular bays and provide communal areas and 72 bedrooms – equating to a total of 432 bedrooms and 270 modular bays for the entire project.

On-site installation for each building will only take 2 weeks, demonstrating that modular construction is able to provide a rapid accommodation solution by delivering bedrooms at a rate of 20+ per week.

This volumetric building approach enables factory efficiencies to be factored into the programme, providing additional cost benefits to the client.

The outstanding project for Premier Interlink follows on from the successful delivery of other SLAM (Single Living Accommodation Modernisation) projects at RAF Benson, RAF Coningsby, RAF Wyton and a defect-free handover at RAF Chicksands – for which we recently negotiated a further phase project.

The project, for Lend Lease, is part of a wider £100 million accommodation plan for two signal regiments returning from their army bases in Germany, a project Premier Interlink are especially proud to be involved in.

Premier Interlink have designed an innovative lifting frame and carousel which significantly improves safety for site personnel working at heights and is also easily adapted to suit numerous module sizes.

This is a high risk activity for construction of this type and Lend Lease had previously raised this issue with their sub-contractors as an area of major concern and are therefore delighted with the innovative solution provided by Premier Interlink.

The safety carousel sits on top of the modules with the lifting frame and equipment carrying out the main lift. The carousel has safety access gates and once the module is in place the operatives can access the module roof and carousel and carry out key activities without the need to be reliant on safety harnesses at all times.

Latest News

Royden T Vice (71)

Non executive Chairperson

Royden is the Chairperson of the Board, a position he has held since 2012. Royden is currently a non-executive director of three listed companies; he is Chairperson of Hudaco Industries Limited, a non-executive director of Murray & Roberts Holdings Limited and of Life Healthcare. Previously, Royden was the Chief Executive Officer of Waco from February 2002 to 2011. Prior to working at Waco, he was the Chief Executive Officer of the Industrial and Special Products division of The BOC Group from 1998 to 2001. Royden was previously Chairperson of African Oxygen Limited, Afrox Healthcare Limited and Consol Limited, all JSE-listed companies. Royden has extensive global leadership experience, having lived and worked on three continents: North America, Europe and Africa.

Stephen JM Goodburn (52)

Chief Executive Officer

Stephen is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and was appointed to this position in July 2011. Previously, Stephen was appointed as the Group Senior Management Accountant of Waco in 1996 and was promoted to the position of Group Financial Director in 1997. Prior to joining Waco, Stephen was employed by the Gentyre Group, then a subsidiary of Waco, from 1990 to 1996, where he held a number of senior positions. Stephen had a significant role in the management of Waco during and after the leveraged buyouts in 2000 and 2012, and gained significant international experience through the management of these processes.

Eben D le Roux (42)

Chief Financial Officer

Eben is the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, a position he has held since 2013. Eben joined the Company in 2004 as corporate finance manager during which time he played a significant role in a number of acquisitions in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, as well as the running of a dual track process which resulted in the sale of the Company in 2005. Between 2006 and 2013, he was Finance Director of Waco Kwikform in Sydney, Australia. During this time, he gained valuable general management experience while managing both the New Zealand operations and the Hire West housing business in Western Australia. Prior to joining Waco, Eben spent four years at the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa IDC Limited in South Africa where he successfully concluded a number of significant transactions.

Alan M Schlesinger (65)

Lead independent non-executive Director

Alan was appointed an independent non-executive Director of the Company on 1 September 2015. He has over 35 years of experience and achievement at the senior level, in a broad range of business activities, including 10 years with the Group, from 1988 to 1998. His operational and corporate experience, at the level of executive director, group managing director, chief executive officer, divisional chairperson or chairperson, include manufacturing, distribution of industrial and consumer products, retailing of consumer durables, property, financial services and corporate finance. Alan has held various independent and non-executive directorships, including over 20 years as chairperson of the Peninsula Hotel in Cape Town and over 10 years on the board of Shanduka Group Proprietary Limited. In March 2014, Alan was appointed the non-executive Chairperson of the troubled Ellerine Holdings Limited, and, in August of that year, he presided over placing that group into business rescue. Alan has served as chairperson or member of remuneration, audit and other committees and governing bodies. Alan has acted as executive and consultant in establishing new businesses, acquisitions, mergers, listings, management buy-outs and buy-ins and other corporate development activities.

Richard Fienberg

Non executive Director

Richard joined Ethos in 2011 as a Senior Executive focusing on developing in-house value add capability that can be leveraged in collaboration with Ethos portfolio companies. Richard had a diverse career at BP spanning 25 years, performing a wide variety of roles in South Africa, Africa, UK, Europe and China. During this time he has managed a range of businesses including refining assets, supply, trading and distribution activities, as well as retail and wholesale marketing businesses in Europe and Africa. Richard also had strategy, planning and performance management responsibilities for BP’s global downstream portfolio and played a leading role in launching BP’s downstream activities in China. He concluded his BP career as CFO for BP’s Africa portfolio. Richard has a BSC Engineering (Chemical) and an MBA.

Jos T van Zyl (46)

Non-executive Director

Jos serves as a non-executive Director of the Company, a position he has held since 2012. Jos is a Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Ethos Private Equity. Since joining Ethos in 2006, Jos has been involved in the execution of various Ethos transactions. Prior to Ethos, he worked at Fieldstone Private Capital Group, an investment banking firm with a focus on energy and infrastructure financial advisory. His other previous relevant work experience includes advisory work for Anglo American plc as part of its Corporate Finance team and auditing work at Coopers & Lybrand Inc. In the recent past, he served as a director of Plumblink SA (Proprietary) Limited.

Tasneem Abdool-Samad (41)

Independent Non Executive Director

Tasneem serves as an independent non-executive Director of the Company, and was appointed on
1 September 2015. Tasneem served as an audit partner of Deloitte between 2006 and 2014. She was appointed an independent non-executive director of Reunert Limited (“Reunert”) in July 2014, where she serves on the audit committee, risk committee, nominations and governance committee, and also chairs Reunert’s investment committee. In 2015, Tasneem was appointed to the audit committee of Momentum Health.

Geoffrey K Everingham (68)

Independent non-executive Director

Geoff is a non-executive Director of the Board, a position he has held since 2013 and is also the chair of the Risk and Audit Committee of the Board. Geoff is Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Cape Town, has been the independent non-executive Chairperson of Sycom Property Fund Managers Limited since 24 March 2010, and served on the board of Transnet SOC Limited from 2004 to 2010 including acting as Chairperson from August 2009. He also served as a director of V&A Waterfront Holdings (Proprietary) Limited and the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront Company (Proprietary) Limited. He is currently Deputy Chairperson of the Pathcare Group. Geoff was previously a member of the South African Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors and GAAP Monitoring Panel, and is a well-known author on accounting and corporate governance matters, having published numerous articles and books on financial reporting and accounting.

Ewan Gray (33)

Non-executive Director

Ewan, a CA(SA), graduated from the University of Stellenbosch in 2006 with an Honours in Accountancy. In 2010 he completed his training articles at KPMG in Cape Town. Post articles Ewan joined Standard Bank in Johannesburg on their Flagship programme, a strategic leadership programme for newly qualified CA’s. In 2011 he joined Rand Merchant Bank in their Global Markets division focusing on emerging markets credit risk, specifically African commercial and developmental financial institutions. He joined RMB Ventures in 2013.

Geoffrey K Everingham (68)

Independent Non executive Director

Geoff is a South African chartered accountant with degrees from the universities of Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, and Illinois. He is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Cape Town, past member of the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors, Chairman of the Sycom Property Fund, past chairman (acting) of Transnet Limited and a director of the Pathcare Group. Geoff is Chairman of the Chris Barnard Fund, African Scholars' Fund and is a trustee of various other NGO's.

Mark R Towler

Group Treasurer and Company Secretary

Mark joined Waco as Group Treasurer in October 1993 which he continues to manage in addition to his duties as Company Secretary. He previously headed Treasury Divisions of Dorbyl Ltd and Samancor Ltd. Mark has a Bachelor of Commerce.

Mahlape Sello (53)

LLB, Master of Arts and Law

Mahlape serves as an independent non-executive Director of the Company, and was appointed on
1 September 2015. Mahlape has been a practising advocate of the Johannesburg Bar since 2003. Mahlape has been an independent non-executive director of Murray & Roberts Holdings Limited since February 2009, and its chairperson since March 2013. From January 2012, Mahlape has served as the chairperson of the Advertising Industry Tribunal of the Advertising Standards of South Africa. In 2010, Mahlape served as acting chairperson of the Advisory Committee on Licensing of Private Hospitals of the Gauteng Department of Health. She has been a commissioner on the South African Law Reform Commission since 2007.

Gregory J Hart (56)

Group Human Resources Executive

Greg is the Group Human Resources Executive, a position he has held since 2003. Prior to joining Waco in 2003, Greg was employed by Afrox Limited from 1989 to 2003, where he held a number of senior positions. Greg was previously employed in the Gold Division of Anglo American Limited from 1982 to 1989.

Stephen JM Goodburn (52)

Chief Executive Officer

Stephen is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and was appointed to this position in July 2011. Previously, Stephen was appointed as the Group Senior Management Accountant of Waco in 1996 and was promoted to the position of Group Financial Director in 1997. Prior to joining Waco, Stephen was employed by the Gentyre Group, then a subsidiary of Waco, from 1990 to 1996, where he held a number of senior positions. Stephen had a significant role in the management of Waco during and after the leveraged buyouts in 2000 and 2012, and gained significant international experience through the management of these processes.

Eben D le Roux (42)

Chief Financial Officer

Eben is the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, a position he has held since 2013. Eben joined the Company in 2004 as corporate finance manager during which time he played a significant role in a number of acquisitions in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, as well as the running of a dual track process which resulted in the sale of the Company in 2005. Between 2006 and 2013, he was Finance Director of Waco Kwikform in Sydney, Australia. During this time, he gained valuable general management experience while managing both the New Zealand operations and the Hire West housing business in Western Australia. Prior to joining Waco, Eben spent four years at the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa IDC Limited in South Africa where he successfully concluded a number of significant transactions.

Eben D le Roux (42)

Chief Financial Officer

Eben is the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, a position he has held since 2013. Eben joined the Company in 2004 as corporate finance manager during which time he played a significant role in a number of acquisitions in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, as well as the running of a dual track process which resulted in the sale of the Company in 2005. Between 2006 and 2013, he was Finance Director of Waco Kwikform in Sydney, Australia. During this time, he gained valuable general management experience while managing both the New Zealand operations and the Hire West housing business in Western Australia. Prior to joining Waco, Eben spent four years at the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa IDC Limited in South Africa where he successfully concluded a number of significant transactions.

Rodney G Mill (59)

Managing Director of Kwikform

Rodney is the managing director of Kwikform, a position he has held since 2010. Rodney was appointed executive general manager in 2002, and thereafter a director of Kwikform in 2006. Rodney is also responsible for Kwikform’s interests in New Zealand. Rodney has over 38 years’ experience in the construction industry which includes senior positions in the Queensland Division of Occupational Safety and several part-time positions in lecturing building subjects at the Queensland University of Technology (“QUT”), abbreviated and TAFE institutions in Queensland.

Eugenio PC de Sa (61)

Managing Director of Premier Modular

Eugenio is the managing director of Premier Modular, a positon he has held since December 2008. Eugenio joined Premier Modular in March 2000 as Financial Director. At the beginning of 2007, Eugenio was appointed Commercial and Operations Director. He gained extensive operational experience over this period. Prior to this, Eugenio was Financial Director of UPC (part of the Edcon Limited group) and also of John Craig (previously part of the Waco group).

Michael G Els (47)

Chief Executive Officer of Waco Africa

Michael is the Chief Executive Officer of Waco Africa, a position he has held since 1 July 2010. Michael started his career at Lane Dove Quantity Surveyors in Cape Town. During the 1990s, Michael started Kerr Projects (Proprietary) Limited, a business specialising in commercial construction and development. After selling this business, he formed a construction company, Flagprop (Proprietary) Limited, which he ran until his appointment with Waco Africa.

Alistair Bennett (48)

Managing Director of SkyJacks

Alistair is the Managing Director of SkyJacks, a position he has held since May 2015. Alistair joined SGB-Cape in 2006 and held a number of senior positions including Branch manager (Zambia) and Regional Manager (Africa Operations) before being appointed as Divisional Director of SGB-Cape (Coastal Region) in June 2012. Alistair started his career at Goldstein Civils in Johannesburg in 1987 working on large civil engineering projects and has over 25 years’ contracting experience in the construction, industrial painting, scaffolding and insulation industries. Alistair has worked extensively in Africa.

Robert G Erasmus (40)

Managing Director - Sanitech

Robert is the managing director of Sanitech, a position he has held since 2009. Robert joined Sanitech in 2008 as Business Development director. He was previously employed at Hilti South Africa (Proprietary) Limited where in his 14 years of service he held various executive sales and marketing positions. After Waco’s acquisition of Sanitech, Robert was employed to transform the Sanitech brand to meet the Group’s standards.

Cassim Motala

Non-executive Director

Cassim Motala is a private equity transactor at RMB Ventures. He joined RMB through the Class-Of programme in 2007. RMB Ventures was his first rotation and he joined the team full-time a year later. He began his career by spending 7 years as part of a successful internet gaming start-up business, working his way up into general management. He later bought into and joined a wheel and tyre distribution and retail business before exiting and joining RMB. Cassim holds a Masters in Business Administration (UCT) and an Associate in Management (UCT).

Mark Liquorish (appointed 2015)

Managing Director - Abacus Space Solutions

Mark joined Abacus Space Solutions in 2015 as Managing Director. He was previously employed in Barloworld Equipment for 17 years, there he initially held various senior financial positions before taking on operational responsibilities. Mark has spent 7 years in Africa; 5 of which were Angola, where he became Managing Director for the Angola operation. He then returned to South Africa in 2014 as Operations Director Rental and Coastal..

Jonathan Matthews

Non-executive Director

Jonathan joined Ethos in September 2014 as a transacting partner. With over 12 years private equity and corporate finance experience gained at Actis, Standard Bank and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, he has an extensive African private equity network, with a strong deal orientation. Jonathan played deal-lead roles in Actis’ AutoXpress investment in Kenya, the acquisition of Compuscan and in the buy-out of Savcio for Actom. He also played significant deal roles in the acquisitions of both Actom and Tracker. Jonathan enjoys a wide range of sporting and outdoor leisure activities including golf, tennis, fly-fishing, snow skiing and surfing. He is the proud father of three. He holds a Bachelor of Business Science (Hons in Finance) degree from the University of Cape Town. He is a CFA Charter Holder and member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.